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My shaping tools
Posted in: Blog & News by Richard Harvey on January 27, 2012 | No Comments
Here is a pic of the main tools I use for shaping.
Alaia project
Posted in: Blog & News, Workshops by Richard Harvey on January 19, 2012 | No Comments
It didn’t take long for one keen surfer to take advantage of the new Australian first grade paulownia Alaia blanks.
Working with me one on one this board took around 5 hours to complete, logo burned in and sealed.
Alaia Blanks now available
Posted in: Blog & News by Richard Harvey on January 11, 2012 | No Comments
Just collected a stack of clean Australian grown paulownia for Alaia blanks. Thicker than the Chinese timber that is readily available and has heavier sap lines which cause splitting. The Aussie paulownia is 1″ x 19″ x 7′ and can be glued together with cedar stringers if requested. Blanks available on order only as they have to be glued together.
Fabric Inserts
Posted in: Blog & News by Richard Harvey on January 2, 2012 | No Comments
A great way to recycle an old favorite shirt as part of a new handshaped first board.
A bit of art
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Adding a bit of art to your shape is a great way to make it even more personal.
Some recent boards
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Flying in from Japan for the course, another future shaper happy with his first board.
New look Surfboard Shapers Workshop Website
Posted in: Blog & News by Richard Harvey on January 1, 2012 | No Comments
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Posted in: Blog & News by Richard Harvey on December 31, 2011 | No Comments
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Surfboard Shapers Workshop is online
Posted in: Blog & News by Richard Harvey on May 31, 2010 | No Comments
Hi to all those interested in design and shaping. The Surfboard Shapers Workshop has been running for three years and due to the interest from both Australia and overseas it has been decided to make it easier to share the knowhow.
The Surfboard Shapers Workshop has been established to share skills to those who want to learn the art of shaping surfboards. In an industry that has been very reluctant to share its knowledge, the majority of surfboard manufacturing is now either machine shaped or sent overseas causing a void, interested people have nowhere to learn shaping skills. This is where the Surfboard Shapers Workshop steps in.
The Surfboard Shapers Modules are being conducted by Richard Harvey in his shaping studio at Unit 3 / 10 Pacific Ave Miami on the Gold Coast. Here is some background on Richard Harvey.
Richard has lived through the heart of the evolution of surfing in Australia. He started learning about the ocean and its power as a boy on holidays at Manly in the 50s and 60s and later when his family moved to Mona Vale on Sydney’s northern beaches.
In his early teens Richard joined the local surfriders club and began his competitive surfing career. He competed in events across the country and in 1973 went on to win the Australian Open title. This led to surfing competitions in Hawaii like the Pipeline Masters and the Duke Kahanamoku Hawaiian Surfing Classic. His desire to surf the best waves in the world has taken him all around the globe. But Richard is probably best known for uncovering some of the classic breaks at Bali before they became popular. He once paddled and walked his way back from Uluwatu to Kuta along the coastline discovering the magical surfing playground that is now known as Padang Padang.
Richard has more than 40 years of shaping experience which he uses to create his hand-crafted boards. His shaping career started as a teenager in Sydney in the 60s when he used a saw to take the front two feet off a nine-foot board which he then used in the New South Wales Championships. His ‘Ugly’ board, as it became known, drew plenty of laughs but the turns kept coming and he went on to take third in the event.
This idea spawned his enthusiasm for shaping and he has since gone on to shape thousands of boards in Australia and around the world. Nowadays his focus is on designing and making handcrafted boards that stand out from the crowd.
